1st Generation SEO

[hajnasiewicz]

What is considered a "1st Generation SEO" ? Does this describe someone who has been in the business for a lengthy period of time?

 

[BenFisher]

Someone doing SEO since the mid 90's

 

[Vincent Tobiaz]

As a generation is around 10 years I'd say at least mid to late 90s through late 2002 before the first major update, or in my opinion up till 2003-06 when SEO took a stronghold on Digital Marketing.

It's hard to consider people who just shoved words all over the page/title/description/meta keywords the first-generation SEO. It was more like a get rich quick scheme, akin to the first adopters of Bitcoin circa 2010-2014. Also one must think, there weren't very many sites then of much value to be worth users searching for. Remember, Yahoo started out as a directory, not a search engine, there were a couple before them that did a search engine. It wasn't commercially viable from an SEO standpoint to use a search engine till about 95-96, thus that's when it started.

 

[AndiFox]

I have been in digital marketing since 1995.
I consider myself the Keith Richards of SEO lol!
I like 1st gen better. It gives me less digital wrinkles!

 

[hajnasiewicz]

2002 to for me so I prob don't "qualify" but was interested to understand what 1st gen description is. "Keith Richards" ... hilllarious!!!

 

[AndiFox]

2002 to for me so I prob don't "qualify" but was interested to understand what 1st gen description is. "Keith Richards" ... hilllarious!!!

I hate to point it out but 2002 to now is still 17 years! Wasn't that just yesterday? LOL!